Berlusconi blasted after Pompeii house collapses
A 2,000 year-old Roman gladiator house collapses in Pompeii – prompting calls for the Unesco world heritage site to be taken out of Berlusconi’s control.
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As a new survey begins in Meath, we take a look at four other archaeological sites where unexpected discoveries have been made…
View ArticleWork (finally) begins on Pompeii’s €105 million makeover
The Roman city has come to symbolise the decades of mismanagement of many of Italy’s cultural treasures.
View ArticlePhotos: Exhibition examines daily lives destroyed by Vesuvius
The exhibition in the British Museum in central London seeks to shed light on the everyday lives of the people killed in Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79AD.
View ArticleHeavy rains cause wall and arch collapse in Pompeii
Deterioration in state of ancient Roman site described as “dramatic”.
View ArticleHere’s how much it’s costing to save Pompeii’s ruins
Parts of the Temple of Venus were damaged by rainfall earlier this week.
View ArticlePart of ancient fresco stolen from Pompeii
Part of the depiction was chiseled off with a metallic object.
View ArticleApartment block collapses in Italy leaving up to eight people trapped inside
The collapse happened in a seaside town near Naples.
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